Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 165-01-001:
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database:
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum
COMMON NAME:
Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_lycium_carolinianum1
December Cameron County TX
Branches stiff, some ending in thorns. Leaves succulent, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert Godfrey.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_lycium_carolinianum1b
December Cameron County TX
Corollas blue, lavender or nearly white, 4(5)-lobed, and rotate, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert Godfrey.